The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-02-19
cARRoLL's sEm-cENTENNIAL:
The Fiftieth Annig CsrToli County Notes
the BIZ GoLr gaSti6n Of the County.

mt. r,tt,etn Anniversary of the t Passa8ot es
the Bill Creating carI Oh G ConIfy
IN the Formation OF the oouH'' ,os
Oh 'tlS citizen of Westminster, VINO was
Ah o,coged in the five years struSgIHe ~ ~
a a orcot;o3 Of Carroll county, renlnueu
Tue ,rr a few days ago that FEBRUARY Of
ADV " ~ 6frieth anniversary OF the passaase VI
' was LII I'll creating Carroll county IN
tne Va. .to matter. and reference 10 '"o
s snrds II was discovered that inc 'os nd had
versary occurred on january ~
nossed unnoticed month ago. orbons the
The gentleman alluded 10 We VIZ tbonaht of
i, nv ,.;,;1an of Westminster who thoIiI toa
ohIy .,t at all. vet the event shouiu nai I
tne aJ rocognition and been approptla1Seriy
reIeL.otad The omission can be accouhteu ~.
cn.e ~, the fact that there are but lew no"
IN par 10 who remember the history Oh 'iie
avlns ,f the county or took any part III
tho exciting controversies "n.on
t tL massage of the act creating IT, g Wast.
Most of the active business men , y, inc
minister now were not hVlns a. ' Of either
and many of them are not natives S VI
anu a;t, or county. The present popucatiou'
. .lo are looking to the present ana iusuiJ
vi in This active, busy age, lew looh pao C1
a,cant those who have passed tie ait any
eAo e IS three score and ten and are now re-
: tired from active business. &C f,rrn;po
vi L. ,,os in 1882 that the question OF FORMING
new county from parts OF freueIiGN aaN
: baltimore counties began to be asitateu SCI
~ ouslv. Prior to that time the lhcohNen, naad
> nitardinG court, &C., was often eXpresseu
= III ,,as IN that wear that the first move wa
5 uu. number of citizens OF the easter
{ nnrton of Frederick and the western part
3 Ralt;more county petitoned the leglSIalure.
il 80, :, new county, to be called w eStnii
~ ster y and embodied in the petition IN
~ Boundaries of the territory to be lncluuel
y III nat;tion was presented to the Leglsiatut
70 at the session of 1925. .Lra
te William Cost Johnson champloneu Ihe nc
40 county move in the legislature anu SUI
al ed in having bill creating sio = nro,
a nraved for, passed, but 1t contained d PIT ~
u pion for taking the sense of the people on !,
IL Oaat;n, and required the assent OF u
q";or;ty of the voters in each segment OF te
me NC" of Frederick and Baltimore couhtl
ote ;ntanded to be included in the new coeh'
Us; M rroved to be fatal to the hopes OF l
ol ,,r;n,e movers in the matter. County pr
Iio caused many to vote against the loriliatIoI
M the new county, and the expense Vi pu"
o buildings, courts, &c. caused many
VI negatiyely on the proposition. Inc e ae
eeS Ia ut the October election in 1855,
oM exriting campaign preceded II. W ~
l1r n,eetings were held, pamphlets, printed
'ale Englis6 and German, circulated, anu
.'so question was the all-absorblng one iol 81
on months. The excitement ran high, a IT, W.
d the election was held it resulted IN d uJiea
ana the the new county scheme. The vote in the
y VIII ment Of the territory of Frederick county
t 10 suited in majority for the new county OF u,
tne ne hut the inhabitants of the segment OF b D,
vi more county voted against 1t by a malorlt
o 40 The total vote of the entire territory t.iy
anGe tandad to be included in the county OF "
al AL Minister was 2,GoS, and the majority f9 OF
on na, county in the whole territory was o9i
toiy The friends of the new county though
i il arnn;nted. were not crushed, and the az
i1G b,, ton was continued Three years later
ID by afFnrts were crowned with partial success
lES ON March %, 1886, a bill was passed crea
pau the county of Carroll, with the seat OF Je
i Lyo NJ Westminster The bill required conn
l,lyg ton at the succeeding session OF the Ies
Will tnra and for another year there was suspt
'"t The measure not only had strong opp.oi
ut home. but the members OF the ia
shore were Jealous Of the strength anu !
v;rd. ;nE ;nGnence of the Western Shore, ano
~ On nnnosition had to be overcome. Inns
nnInit was we'll managed, and the new count!
pwars received twenty eight majority IN the 4
Ice and every vote in the Senate except IN
i - ETaS Brown. of Baltimore county IN
hr;dai was was, PASSED on January 18th, 1851 ahc
~, the stoned and became a law on the l9Ih.
u tHy w 5GcI I KLsgweu aud the late